essence: significado e definições

The intrinsic or indispensable properties that serve to characterize or identify something.

The most important ingredient; the crucial element.

The inherent, unchanging nature of a thing or class of things.

An extract that has the fundamental properties of a substance in concentrated form.

Such an extract in a solution of alcohol.

A perfume or scent.

One that has or shows an abundance of a quality as if highly concentrated: a neighbor who is the essence of hospitality.

Something that exists, especially a spiritual or incorporeal entity.

in essence By nature; essentially: He is in essence a reclusive sort.

of the essence Of the greatest importance; crucial: Time is of the essence.